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		<title>Congratulations to the Class of 2010!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hugs and tears were the order of the day as the graduating class of 2010 processed through pouring rain to take part in Glen Urquhart&#8217;s traditional Scottish themed graduation ceremony. Serenaded by a band of bagpipers and the fourth and fifth grade and faculty choruses, the grads were given a truly memorable send-off.  Family, friends, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/06/29/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2010/</link>
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		<title>Medieval Morning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colorfully dressed as knights, ladies, monks, and kings, third graders performed a Morris stick dance as part of the GUS  Medieval Morning tradition, the culmination of the third grade study of the Middle Ages.  The students performed several memorized selections on the recorder, including Beethoven&#8217;s Ode to Joy, the chorale from Cantata Nr. 147 by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/06/21/medieval-morning/</link>
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		<title>GUS Students Shine in NE Math League Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the end of year assembly, New England Math League Contest certificates were presented to several upper school students.  This year, as in the past, all of our sixth, seventh, and eighth graders have participated in the New England Math League Contest.  The contest is 30 minutes and involves completing 40 math problems, many of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/06/18/gus-students-shine-in-ne-math-league-contest/</link>
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		<title>The Mummies&#8217; Final Journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a recent assembly, the sixth grade, some clad in regal Egyptian garb, processed solemnly into Braemar, bearing handmade sarcophagi and canopic jars, the final product of their study of the death rites of the Pharaohs.
In order to understand the rituals involved, when the students study the people of ancient Egypt they mummify a vegetarian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/06/14/the-mummies-final-journey/</link>
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		<title>Fourth Graders Perform Songs of the Sea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An audience of parents and friends watched enchanted as the fourth grade showed off their knowledge of traditional whaling and seafaring life, not to mention their singing ability, through a selection of sea themed songs and readings. Each student played the part of a member of the crew on the whaling ship the Charles W. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/06/11/4th-grade-performs-songs-of-the-sea/</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;re a Good Man, Charlie Brown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re a Good Man Charlie Brown tells the story of an average day in the life of the famous comic strip child hero, Charlie Brown. Most of the characters are 5-6 years old; however, the show is generally cast with adults or older students. The audience is introduced to the whole Peanuts gang: Patty, Schroeder, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/06/03/eighth-graders-star-in-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown/</link>
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		<title>Dino eggs!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After watching spellbound as tiny live chicks emerged from eggs in the classroom incubator in first grade, this year&#8217;s second graders get a chance to explore the eggs of a completely different species. As part of their theme unit on dinosaurs, the students created Dino Eggs by the fun and messy process of covering inflated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/06/02/dino-eggs/</link>
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		<title>Fifth Graders Perform Music of the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fifth graders of Glen Urquhart traveled to five different countries during their recent &#8220;Music of the World &#8221; concert.  The program featured songs from all the corners of the globe, including a beloved Chinese folk melody, a lively New Zealand tune, a calypso tune from Trinidad, with a Caribbean percussion ensemble, an Irish folk melody, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/05/27/fifth-graders-perform-music-of-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Ben-Hur Rides Again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weather again cooperated for the Annual GUS chariot races, which took place for the first time behind the new upper school building.   Trumpeters from the GUS band provided music, while the fifth grade Greek students passed out grapes to the spectators.  Chariots carrying Emperor Nance and Senator Staller led the procession of eighth grade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/05/26/ben-hur-rides-again/</link>
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		<title>Mystic Seaport and More!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was field trip week as students from three grades traveled to the ends of New England on various hiking and nature exploration field trips. The fourth grade learned about seafaring at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, seventh graders studied plants and water in the White Mountains, and the sixth grade explored Cape Cod&#8217;s fragile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gus.org/2010/05/18/students-visit-mystic-seaport-cape-cod-and-new-hampshire/</link>
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